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Date:      Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:29:38 -0500
From:      Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To:        Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xntpd server for MS-Win clients?
Message-ID:  <19990221172937.A20744@palomine.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902212347140.2055-100000@chain.freebsd.os.org.za>; from Khetan Gajjar on Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 11:48:56PM %2B0200
References:  <19990220233100.SVVV3226200.mta2-rme@wocker> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902212347140.2055-100000@chain.freebsd.os.org.za>

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On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 11:48:56PM +0200, Khetan Gajjar wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> DL>  Please keep all responses on the mailing list.  That way, mistakes can be 
> DL>  caught by those that know better.
> 
> Ok.
> 
> DL>  > xntpd itself doesn't server/respond to any NTP queries, does it ?
> DL>  > You have to edit /etc/inetd.conf and enable time, correct ?
> DL>  
> DL>  Yes, xntpd does respond to NTP queries.
> 
> It answers to sntp queries. NTP daemon's listen on port 123, and
> xntpd doesn't do this. Should I install /usr/ports/net/ntp ?

Certainly it does. xntpd listens to port 123 for UDP NTP requests, and it
answers them. I've got various FreeBSD boxes running xntpd, answering NTP
queries for Windows boxes, Macs, and other FreeBSD boxes.

Chris


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